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VII. THE ENCOMIENDA AS A POLITICAL INSTITUTION

© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT V
  3. CONTENTS VII
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. I. THE LEGAL CLAIMS OF SPAIN IN THE INDIES 5
  6. II. THE PAPAL BULLS OF ALEXANDER VI RELATIVE TO THE INDIES 17
  7. III. EVANGELICAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF PENETRATION IN THE NEW WORLD 29
  8. IV. THE DOCTRINE OF JUST WAR 38
  9. V. INDIAN SLAVERY 49
  10. VI. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE INDIAN SLAVES 59
  11. VII. THE ENCOMIENDA AS A POLITICAL INSTITUTION 69
  12. VIII. THE ENCOMIENDA AS AN ECONOMIC INSTITUTION 80
  13. IX. THE EVOLUTION OF THE LABOR SYSTEM 93
  14. X. SPANISH COLONIZATION AND SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS 104
  15. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 115
  16. AUTHOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY 118
New Viewpoints on the Spanish Colonization of America
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https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512809114-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT V
  3. CONTENTS VII
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. I. THE LEGAL CLAIMS OF SPAIN IN THE INDIES 5
  6. II. THE PAPAL BULLS OF ALEXANDER VI RELATIVE TO THE INDIES 17
  7. III. EVANGELICAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF PENETRATION IN THE NEW WORLD 29
  8. IV. THE DOCTRINE OF JUST WAR 38
  9. V. INDIAN SLAVERY 49
  10. VI. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE INDIAN SLAVES 59
  11. VII. THE ENCOMIENDA AS A POLITICAL INSTITUTION 69
  12. VIII. THE ENCOMIENDA AS AN ECONOMIC INSTITUTION 80
  13. IX. THE EVOLUTION OF THE LABOR SYSTEM 93
  14. X. SPANISH COLONIZATION AND SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS 104
  15. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 115
  16. AUTHOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY 118
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